WHAT IS TOURISME
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Shorter for "Improving sustainable tourism development and capacity of tourism SMEs through transnational cooperation and knowledge transfer", this project aims at enhancing SMEs' capacities and skills for assessing their current environmental performances and taking up solutions which would allow them to align their businesses with certain circular economy principles. A total of 62 European SMEs will benefit from this project.
LATEST NEWS AND TWEETS
The Future of Tourism Coalition will settle in Malaga
The City Council of Malaga, and other institutional buildings, will be the new headquarters of the Future of Tourism Coalition (FTC), an alliance between 6 NGOs that aim at steering a momentum towards … More
NECSTouR held a masterclass on the keys to delivering sustainability in tourism
19 destination management organizations traveled to Lanzarote to attend a masterclass held by the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism (NECSTouR), on 14 and 16 March. “E … More
TouriSME next matchmaking will happen in Puglia!
The next matchmaking event of TouriSME is to take place in Italy, in Bari, on 22 and 23 March. This session, which will focus on green marketing and sustainable tourism, will be coupled with a physica … More
TouriSME will be presented during EuroEmotur kick-off meeting!
Consulta Europa, lead partner of TouriSME, will attend the sister’s project meeting on 23 March to promote TouriSME’s activities. As Euroemotur will have a similar structure as TouriSME, Michelle Pere … More
A training and workshop took place in Nicosia on sustainable future in Cyprus Tourism
A training along with a workshop was held in Nicosia Cyprus in January 2023 with topic “Sustainable future in Cyprus Tourism. In the training participated SMEs in tourist accommodation and mainly in a … More
Palmawithpilar is now Biosphere certified!
Based in Palma, as its name shows, Palmawithpilar is one of our proud Spanish SMEs, led by Pilar Echegaray, who offers walking guided tour of the city. After finding out about the Biosphere certificat … More
Duo Hotel earnt the Green Key label !
Today, we have another success story to tell you: Duo Hotel, based in Paris, was awarded the Green Key certification as a result of their hard work! We had a chat with Irina Bolocan, the hotel’s opera … More
That is a wrap! The ITC analyzes the impact of Tourisme in its beneficiaries
Tourisme is coming to an end, and the Canary Islands Institute of Technology is actively working on reporting the impact this project has had to the project beneficiaries. The main tool to collect all … More
WHO ARE WE?
The consortium of 8, led by Consulta Europa as the project coordinator, is a result of a careful selection which will grant necessary support for the selected beneficiary SMEs. Consisting of regional authorities from the four countries and accompanying technical, communication and academic expertise providers, the consortium will closely work with the SMEs in all aspects necessary for achieving the objectives of both the SMEs and the project itself.
WHO ARE WE DOING THIS FOR?
Cyprus
With the Nicosia Development Agency’s experience in local and regional development in the field of tourism, they will be the focal point for the participating Cypriot and other EU based SMEs
France
L’Institut Paris Region, as an expert in sustainable territorial development will not only be in charge of developing the support schemes but also coordinate the selection of and support the selected French and other EU based SMEs
Italy
A strong experience in reinforcing enterprises competitiveness through training activities, research and technical assistance, Sistemi Formativi Confindustria and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia will support and be the contact point for Italian and other EU based SMEs
Spain
The Canary Islands based Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias has over 25 years of experience in socio-economic transformation and sustainable development in the Canary Islands and will support the Spanish and other EU based beneficiary SMEs
WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE?
Preceded by setting up a knowledge base and mapping existing good practices in environmental management in the field of tourism, the project will see a development of transnational and cross-sectoral support schemes. These schemes will have the ultimate objective of enabling the participating SMEs to scale up their activities and build capacities within their enterprises and finally access certification schemes and other initiatives that promote sustainable tourism and lead to competitive advantage, as an added value.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Save the date for our final event !
Our European project TOURISME ‘Boosting Sustainable Tourism Development and Capacity of Tourism SMEs through transnational cooperation and knowledge transfer’ is glad to announce the organisation of i … More
What’s the role of tourism in greening sports events?
On June 8, in Brussels, ACR+ will feature TouriSME in its EU Green Week partner event on the role of sports in reaching a more circular economy! Is your city hosting large sports events or are you tra … More
ITC hosts third training with Spanish SMEs in Valencia
The Canary Islands Institute of Technology (ITC) hosts the third Tourisme training for Spanish SMEs. Valencia will be the place where the Spanish Tourisme’s beneficiaries will gather from the 26th to … More
TOURISME First Matchmaking Event & Project Meeting in Tenerife
On 28th and 29th April 2022, the TOURISME consortium is organising the first in-person project meeting in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, gathering all partners physically together for the first time s … More
Italy: Third and Fourth Trainings with SMEs
After the great success of the first training sessions in March, the 23 Italian SMEs are currently attending two more trainings in Rome (7 and 8 April 2022). The modules will be provided by Sistemi Fo … More